Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Spelled with all 4 y's
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Was born in 70-something
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Between "Sweet Home" & "You Got That Right"
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
His mama met his daddy
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
At a Tallahassee show
D MajorD A augmentedA
But just like Tuesday
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Daddy wound up gone on down the road
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Born to carry on
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Who his mama was a fan of
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Don't ask me no questions
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
And I won't tell you no lies
G+G D MajorD
That's what she always told him
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Right up till the day she died
Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Lynyrd wasn't black or white
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
He was somewhere in between
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Throw in, abandoned and confused
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And you get the blues when you're just thirteen
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Well he found his salvation
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
In a pawn shop bought guitar
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
You can't teach that kind of pickin'
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
It's got to come right from your heart
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Born to carry on
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Who his mama was a fan of
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Don't ask me no questions
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
And I won't tell you no lies
G+G D MajorD
That's what she always told him
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Right up till the day she died
Post-Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
When Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones'
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Mama passed away
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
A augmentedA dressed in all black, black man
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Stood up in the back to say
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Been thinking about your mama
G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
Since that Tallahassee show
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Yeah son, I am your daddy
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And my name is Curtis Lowe
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh